No, it would not be here. But we do have much of this, in various forms, on this world. In other places. I know where large forms of this can be had. ... have studied this. We call it 'thorium.' The natural crystalline ore is 'thorianite.' It is a prized radioactive material on this world. We are beginning to study how to produce vast quantities of energy with it. We have used a similar material, 'uranium, ' but it is a deadly substance, too toxic, dangerous for too long. We will soon begin using. It was January 1985 and I was your normal 15 year old. Always full of energy and ready to do anything fun and exciting. One of my favorite things to do was hiking and camping in the mountains near our house. Ever since I was born, our family would always take trips up to the mountains to hunt & fish. We would spend days camped in a tent next to our favorite lake. This year we didn't get to take our usual trip due to my dad's job. My mother could tell I was depressed because I looked forward to. I joke around for a while but agree to take her."So I'll pick you up at 630?" I ask. "Yeah sure. That otta work." Man she is so hot. I don't know how she does it. It's the 2nd week of May, and she's wearing jean shorts and a cut up t-shirt. It's the next morning, and I'm sitting in her driveway. She finally comes out, scrambling around. To my surprise, she's still in her Pajamas, if you could call them that. She has a torn t-shirt, that you can see a black lacy bra through, and a pair of boxers. They have just returned home from attending church service where Rebecca sings in the choir and Matthew is a church elder. Matthew has just left to go to the auction in town as he does every Sunday. He will be gone till evening. Rebecca is upstairs in their master bedroom. She hears a knock and she says "Come in Tom". Tom is the head slave in charge of the field hands. Every Sunday for the last year as soon as Matthew leaves for the auction Tom comes to Rebecca's bedroom at her request. He is.